Decoding Bunkai: Sensei Spencer 3/4/2016 Learning to decode kata’s bunkai is like learning an ancient language. The word bunkai, in…
Courage: Published 2/01/2010 By Spencer Sensei In martial arts we seek perfection. Joe Montana once said, and I paraphrase, that…
Competition: Spencer Sensei 10/05/13 It’s that time again. Yes… time for our invitational tournament. Many instructors hate the idea of…
Character: Published May 15, 2010 By Spencer Sensei One of the oldest text references found that refers to Okinawan Te…
Change: Spencer Sensei 12/2/2016 About a decade ago a prominent and well-respected instructor told me about an incident at a…
The Body-Mind Connection: Published 5/27/2016 By Spencer Sensei In the seventies I was training in Shotokan, and for the first…
Blocks are Strikes and Strikes are Blocks Published: By Sensei Spencer There is a saying in the AOKK, “If I…
Attack Angles: Published: 6/15/2012 By Spencer Sensei Chotoku Kyan was a small man. In most every fight his opponent was…
Are Blocks Simply Blocks? Published: 2/1/2012 By Sensei Spencer When I began training, I was taught the traditional low-block, high-block,…
Tradition and the Anatomy of a Round Kick [Mawashi-geri] Published: 8-04-2012 By Spencer sensei I remember reading an article in…